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The following MWE produces

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\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-circ}
\psset
{
    unit=1cm,
    dipolestyle=zigzag,
}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid=true](0,-4)(8,4)
    \resistor(0,0)(4,0){$R_1$}
    \resistor(4,0)(8,0){$R_2$}
    \resistor(4,0)(4,4){$R_3$}
    \resistor(4,0)(4,-4){$R_4$}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

I noticed that a resistor (among other components) needs a space of about 4 centimeter. Based on this fact, I want to normalize the coordinate from, for example, \resistor(4,0)(4,-4){$R_4$} to \resistor(1,0)(1,-1){$R_4$} by changing the unit unit=4cm as follows.

\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-circ}
\psset
{
    unit=4cm,
    dipolestyle=zigzag,
}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid=true](0,-1)(2,1)
    \resistor(0,0)(1,0){$R_1$}
    \resistor(1,0)(2,0){$R_2$}
    \resistor(1,0)(1,1){$R_3$}
    \resistor(1,0)(1,-1){$R_4$}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

Unfortunately, the resistor itself also gets affected as follows.

enter image description here

Question

Is there any way to normalize the grid without affecting the size of other drawn objects?

Edit

I am also interested in other solutions (if any) with TikZ, Metapost, Asymptote, etc.

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In general not possible. Only with some tricky code ...

\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-circ}
\def\1{4}\def\2{8}
\psset{dipolestyle=zigzag}
\begin{document}
    \begin{pspicture}[showgrid=true](0,-\1)(\2,\1)
    \resistor(0,0)(\1,0){$R_1$}
    \resistor(\1,0)(\2,0){$R_2$}
    \resistor(\1,0)(\1,\1){$R_3$}
    \resistor(\1,0)(\1,-\1){$R_4$}
    \end{pspicture}
\end{document}

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or

\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt,12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-circ}
\let\Resistor\resistor
\def\resistor(#1,#2)(#3,#4){%
    \Resistor(\numexpr4*#1,\numexpr4*#2)%
            (\numexpr4*#3,\numexpr4*#4)}
\let\PSpicture\pspicture
\def\pspicture[#1](#2,#3)(#4,#5){%
    \PSpicture[#1](\numexpr4*#2,\numexpr4*#3)(\numexpr4*#4,\numexpr4*#5)}

\psset{dipolestyle=zigzag}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid=true](0,-1)(2,1)
    \resistor(0,0)(1,0){$R_1$}
    \resistor(1,0)(2,0){$R_2$}
    \resistor(1,0)(1,1){$R_3$}
    \resistor(1,0)(1,-1){$R_4$}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}
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  • and another tricky one added – user2478 Sep 26 '18 at 9:11
  • Very good, could you apply the same trick for the pspicture and the grid? :-) – Artificial Stupidity Sep 26 '18 at 9:13
  • see edited answer. This one needs always the optional argument for pspicture which can be, of course, empty: \begin{pspicture[](...) – user2478 Sep 26 '18 at 9:28
  • Is it possible to change something like Ox, Dx, dx, etc of the grid? – Artificial Stupidity Sep 26 '18 at 9:37
  • Always with \numexpr or \dimexpr but that is always overkill .... ;-) – user2478 Sep 26 '18 at 9:42

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